Introduction: In 1942, the Japanese army built more than 7,700 new bunkers and repaired more than 11,860 kilometers of trenches in the anti-Japanese base areas in North China, and carried out about 75 "sweeps". Much more brutal than in 1941. In the early stage of the war, our military and people withdrew step by step due to their lack of experience, their base areas were constantly shrinking, their losses were very large, and the situation they faced was very grim!
Soldiers and civilians who fought bravely (from the Internet)
Respond to and reverse the unfavorable situation with new strategies
Later, the Central Military Commission and the Northern Bureau repeatedly issued instructions on the struggle against the enemy, proposing to persist in the internal line, attack from the outside, take the armed struggle as the center, organize the party, government, and the army, and the people to combine military struggle with political struggle, combine the main forces, local guerrilla units, and the armed forces of the masses, launch an all-round offensive, and extensively carry out guerrilla warfare. We should practice the principle of "the enemy advancing and we will advance" to reverse the unfavorable situation in which the enemy advances and we retreat.
After that, guerrilla groups and "armed workers' brigades" were generally organized in various localities, and the slogan of "hitting behind enemy lines" was put forward, and they penetrated deep into enemy-occupied areas and border areas, established many guerrilla bases, and opened up new areas.
"Counter-sweeping" in Taihang, Taiyue District, and The Anti-Japanese Base Areas in Northwestern Jin
Beginning in February, the enemy's North China Front launched two phases of "General Offensives of japanese troops stationed in Jin" against Taihang, Taiyue District, and the anti-Japanese base areas in northwestern Jin. On February 3, the Japanese army "swept" the Taihang District with more than 1,200 troops and "swept" the Taiyue District with more than 7,000 troops.
The main force of our Eighth Route Army seized the opportunity to take advantage of the gap to turn to the outer line, fighting more than 390 times a month and annihilating 3,000 Japanese puppet troops. In May, the enemy launched a second offensive, "sweeping" the northern part of Taihang with more than 25,000 people and "sweeping" the southern area of Dayue with more than 7,000 people. After 38 days of fighting, more than 3,000 Japanese puppet troops were annihilated. At the same time as "sweeping" the Jin-Ji-Yu base area, our northwestern Jin troops also smashed the enemy's sweep of more than 10,000 concentrated troops, among which the famous Tianjiahui battle gave the invading Japanese army a devastating blow.
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"Anti-Sweeping" in the Anti-Japanese Base Areas in Central Hebei
At the end of April, the Japanese army gathered three divisions and two brigades with a total of about 50,000 people, and began on May 1 to carry out a "dragnet sweep" (known as the "May Day 'sweep'" of the anti-Japanese base areas in Central Hebei). In the 800 villages in Jizhong, more than 1,600 strongholds have been established, and the base areas have been divided into 2670 small pieces.
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The main force of our army insisted on guerrilla warfare in the plains, and most of them were ordered to move to the Taihang, Beiyue, and Jiluyu areas. The troops who persisted in the internal struggle inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese in the battles of Higashibaizhuang and Songzhuang in Fukazawa Prefecture, and killed the commander of the enemy Sakamoto Brigade. At the same time, our army in southern Hebei also smashed the "sweeping" of more than 10,000 Japanese troops.
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Jidong, Jiluyu, Luzhong and Jiaodong "anti-sweeping" struggles
In eastern Jidong, the enemy concentrated 300 million troops and 400 million troops in April and August respectively to carry out two major "sweeps," dividing eastern Jidong into more than 20 pieces, creating no man's land for 700 miles from east to west and more than 80 miles from north to south. Our army, with its elite troops, insisted on the scattered guerrilla warfare on the inner line, and the main force moved to the southern part of the Rehe River to open up new areas.
From September to November, we smashed the enemy's large -- and more than 10,000-strong "sweeps" of more than 10,000 enemy personnel three times in the base areas of Luyu, Luzhong, and Jiaodong, and persisted in guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines.
Hero Warrior (from the web)
The "anti-sweeping" struggle in the anti-Japanese base areas in central China
In the anti-Japanese base area in central China, on November 10, the Japanese army attacked the Huaihai district with more than 5,000 people, dividing the Huaihai area into several pieces, and at the same time, with more than 6,000 people, repeatedly attacked and "cleared" the Huaibei district. During the 33-day anti-"sweeping" campaign, the Huaibei military and civilians fought more than 30 times, of which more than 280 enemy soldiers were annihilated in the battle of Zhujiagang in the north of Si County, and they took advantage of the victory to conquer many strongholds such as Jinsuo Town and Qingyang in Si County. At the end of the month, more than 2,000 enemy personnel "swept" the Huainan District, all of which were crushed by our heroic soldiers and civilians.
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Conclusion
The anti-"sweeping" operation in 1942 was an extremely difficult period in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and the military and people in all base areas paid huge sacrifices. However, the brave and fearless soldiers and civilians in the base area did not yield, and after arduous battles, they inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese army, so from the winter of 1942, the situation of the anti-Japanese struggle behind the enemy began to improve. Those heroes who fought and sacrificed fearlessly deserve to be remembered forever by future generations, and they are the real backbone of the Chinese nation!